unconditional surrender

English

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Noun

unconditional surrender (countable and uncountable, plural unconditional surrenders)

1. A surrender without conditions (beyond those imposed by the basic laws of war).
   • 1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:06 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S.‎^[1], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, via YouTube, National Archives Identifier: 595162:

     So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.

Translations

surrender without conditions

• Arabic: استسلام غير مشروط
• Bulgarian: безусловна капитулация f (bezuslovna kapitulacija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無條件投降 / 无条件投降 (zh) (wútiáojiàn tóuxiáng)

• Czech: bezpodmínečná kapitulace f
• Dutch: onvoorwaardelijke overgave f
• Finnish: ehdoton antautuminen
• Georgian: უპირობო დანებება (uṗirobo danebeba), უპირობო კაპიტულაცია (uṗirobo ḳaṗiṭulacia)
• German: bedingungslose Kapitulation f
• Indonesian: penyerahan tanpa syarat
• Irish: géilleadh gan choinníoll m, géilleadh gan chomhla m, géilleadh gan chuntar m
• Italian: resa incondizionata f
• Japanese: 無条件降伏 (むじょうけんこうふく, mujōkenkōfuku)
• Korean: 무조건 항복 (mujogeon hangbok)
• Malay: penyerahan kalah tanpa syarat
• Persian: تسلیم بی قید و شرط
• Portuguese: rendição incondicional f
• Romanian: capitulare necondiționată f
• Russian: безоговорочная капитуля́ция f (bezogovoročnaja kapituljácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: безусловна пре̏даја f

  Latin: bezuslovna prȅdaja f

• Spanish: rendición incondicional f
• Vietnamese: đầu hàng không điều kiện

References

• “unconditional surrender”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• Oxford Reference